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Where does “coño” come from?

coño (Spanish) comes from Latin cunnus, from Middle High German kunt, from Old High German kund, from Proto-West Germanic kunþ, from Proto-Germanic kunþaz, from Proto-Germanic kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

coño (Spanish): pussy, cunt; Damn; Wow!; shit, cunt, wow

Definitions

  1. pussy, cunt; Damn; Wow!; shit, cunt, wow

Ancestry of “coño”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincunnuswoman; cunt, cunny; female pudendum, pubic hair
2Middle High Germankunt—
3Old High Germankund—
4Proto-West Germanickunþknown
5Proto-Germanickunþazpast participle of *kunnaną; known
6Proto-Germanickunnanąto know, to be familiar with, to recognise; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

Words derived from “coño”

  • coña
  • coñazo
  • konyo
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